This is the culmination of all my “phase one” plans for the series, collecting all six storylines, all the “Coffee Break” gags, along with guest strips. And as you’ll see in the final pages of season one, there’s definitely more stories to tell in the Hero Business universe! This Kickstarter also offers up some special bonuses to longtime fans. The first storyline has been specially remastered exclusively for this collection. The book is also packed with unseen sketches, and wrapped in a new digitally-painted cover.

I’ve also laid out some pretty cool bonuses for your support — with rewards that include coffee mugs, sketch books, commissions and more.

But perhaps the coolest reward of all was hinted at on page 22 of this storyline. See all those blank boxes of the view screen? That’s The Hero Business Board of Directors. And yes…. that can be you! My executive level reward will put your likeness into the comic itself as one of the Board members, and will be included in this volume. That level of support also includes a signed print of the page, suitable for framing!

The book can’t happen without support. But with your collaboration, we can make it happen. So if you’ve been enjoying the comic for the past few years, please take a look at the campaign page and share on your social network walls and sites.

This week’s strip is running a bit late (but for a very good reason…. stay tuned!)

In the meantime, I thought I’d share a video I created of my process. Check out how The Hero Business is made — from pencils to final page. Unfortunately, the entire process takes a wee longer than four minutes!

Back in from the first New York Comic-Con Special Edition! All in all, it was a great comic-focused show with some awesome guests. A lot of the fans seemed to like it because it was very laid-back and creator focused.

As always, with conventions comes commissions and sketches! I was pretty busy at this one, so here there are (taken with my iPhone, click to enlarge):

It was fun doing all of them; I often tell people doing commissions at shows is like a high wire act…. fun to stretch some muscles and draw new characters while trying to find inventive ways to portray them!

Been a long week, Heroites…. but I’ll have a new comic this weekend for sure!

In the meantime, thought I’d share a recent rough for this storyline. Every time it’s a “new day” at The Hero Business, I have to figure out what everyone is wearing. I never liked cartoons where people are dressed “generic”, so I try and give each of the characters a signature style, of sorts. Especially the ladies, who I try and dress realistically and not so similar all the time.

Lindsay is the newest character in the mix, so I had to finalize his design as well.

There’s a lot of googling going on, to try and keep the characters stylish but not too “of the moment”… which can “date” a comic pretty fast.

Recently, The Hero Business was invited to join The Collective of Heroes (“The premiere collection of superhero comics on the web”). You can check out other great comics right here!

Some of our members had a Secret Santa gift exchange, anonymously drawing guest art for each other’s comics. If you can figure out who drew each illustration, you could win a $50 credit on Comixology! See if you can guess mine right here. Happy holiday hunting, Heroites!